PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geronimo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uisce uisce beag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying uisce beag's choice of entrance music: Watermark by Enya. Uisce uisce beag has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Santos
vs
uisce beag

205 cm
32
286 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

189 cm
31
284 lbs
11 - 14 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Geronimo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Uisce uisce beag!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has uisce beag pinned against the cage. uisce beag gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
uisce beag lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? uisce beag is fending him off so far but Santos persists. Nope, uisce beag circles away and we're back to standing.
uisce beag throws a sloppy head kick and Santos moves out of range easily.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.

Santos closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. uisce beag did well to prevent Santos getting side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
uisce beag gets back to full guard.
Santos wants to control from the top but uisce beag keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos won't allow uisce beag to sweep him here.

uisce beag looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Santos has picked uisce beag up and slammed him! uisce beag can't keep hold of the triangle and Santos manages to pass to side control!
uisce beag seems a little lost for a moment, as Santos dominates the positioning.
Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but uisce beag keeps working.
Santos avoids the strikes from the bottom by uisce beag.

Santos stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Santos fakes a jab and throws a low kick but uisce beag checks it well.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown but uisce beag manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Santos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Geronimo Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around uisce beag's waist but uisce beag gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side.
A jab from uisce beag misses.
Santos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by uisce beag. uisce beag obviously looking to wear him down.
uisce beag throws a head kick but Santos moves out of range.
Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but uisce beag sprawls well. He's pushed Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
uisce beag defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santos.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
uisce beag misses with a head kick.
uisce beag misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for uisce beag!

Santos is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but uisce beag is surviving well by controlling Santos's body position as best he can.
Santos wants to control the pace but uisce beag is squirming around nicely.
Santos with a couple of short strikes.

Santos stands up from mount. Strange move.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A decent looking body kick lands there for uisce beag.
Santos is breathing heavily.
A punch combination from uisce beag misses.
Uisce uisce beag is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
uisce beag cracks Santos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Santos avoids the head kick by uisce beag.
uisce beag fakes the leg kick and cracks Santos in the body.

Santos gets tackled into the cage by uisce beag. uisce beag maintains the clinch.

uisce beag breaks the clinch.
uisce beag misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

uisce beag gets tackled into the cage by Santos. Santos maintains the clinch.
uisce beag lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Santos is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables uisce beag to keep the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Uisce uisce beag will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

uisce beag tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
uisce beag throws a sloppy head kick and Santos moves out of range easily.
uisce beag throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.
uisce beag displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Santos.
uisce beag throws a jab when Santos was well out of range.
Uisce uisce beag seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos avoids the head kick by uisce beag.
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around uisce beag's waist but uisce beag gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side.
Santos looks for a takedown but uisce beag sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Geronimo Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

uisce beag lands a big right hand that sends Santos crashing to the mat! uisce beag stays standing though and waves Santos back to his feet!

It looks like Geronimo Santos has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No luck for Santos with that takedown attempt.
Santos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and uisce beag counters with a perfectly timed head kick, knocking Santos out cold! Wow, that took some serious skill and not a little luck! uisce beag is taking it in his stride though, strolling around like it's no big deal. What a guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Uisce uisce beag!
Uisce uisce beag really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Shot in the Arm Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.